Iraq to Honor Female Bomber
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has ordered a memorial to be erected in one of Baghdad’s main squares in honor of the first Palestinian female suicide bomber, Iraqi newspapers reported Wednesday.
Wafa Idris, 30, detonated explosives in Jerusalem on Sunday, killing herself and an elderly Israeli and wounding dozens of people.
“The stand of the brave martyr . . . affects the enemy’s morale in the interest of our nation and the Palestinian cause,” the reports quoted Hussein’s decree as saying. It was issued after a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, they said.
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